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  • Issue custom field configuration (apps)
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    • Get all application roles
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    • Get audit records
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    • Get system avatars by type
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    • Get create field metadata for a project and issue type id
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    • Get changelogs
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  • Classification levels
    • Get all classification levels
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    • Get comments by IDs
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  • Issue comment properties
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  • Project components
    • Find components for projects
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  • Time tracking
    • Get selected time tracking provider
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  • Issue custom field options
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    • Get custom field options (context)
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  • Dashboards
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  • App data policies
    • Get data policy for the workspace
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  • Jira expressions
    • Analyse Jira expression
    • Currently being removed. Evaluate Jira expression
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  • Issue fields
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    • Remove associations
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    • Get custom field contexts
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    • Get custom field contexts for projects and issue types
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  • Screens
    • Get screens for a field
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  • Issue custom field options (apps)
    • Get all issue field options
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  • Issue field configurations
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  • Filters
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  • Issue search
    • Get issue picker suggestions
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    • Currently being removed. Search for issues using JQL (GET)
    • Currently being removed. Search for issues using JQL (POST)
    • Count issues using JQL
    • Search for issues using JQL enhanced search (GET)
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  • Issue properties
    • Bulk set issues properties by list
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    • Delete issue property
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    • Set issue property
  • Issue watchers
    • Get is watching issue bulk
    • Delete watcher
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    • Delete remote issue link by global ID
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  • Issue votes
    • Delete vote
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  • Issue worklogs
    • Bulk delete worklogs
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  • Issue worklog properties
    • Get worklog property keys
    • Delete worklog property
    • Get worklog property
    • Set worklog property
  • Issue links
    • Create issue link
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  • Issue link types
    • Get issue link types
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  • Issue security schemes
    • Get issue security schemes
    • Create issue security scheme
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    • Set default issue security levels
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  • Issue security level
    • Get issue security level members by issue security scheme
    • Get issue security level
  • Issue types
    • Get all issue types for user
    • Create issue type
    • Get issue types for project
    • Delete issue type
    • Get issue type
    • Update issue type
    • Get alternative issue types
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    • Get issue type property keys
    • Delete issue type property
    • Get issue type property
    • Set issue type property
  • Issue type schemes
    • Get all issue type schemes
    • Create issue type scheme
    • Get issue type scheme items
    • Get issue type schemes for projects
    • Assign issue type scheme to project
    • Delete issue type scheme
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    • Add issue types to issue type scheme
    • Change order of issue types
    • Remove issue type from issue type scheme
  • Issue type screen schemes
    • Get issue type screen schemes
    • Create issue type screen scheme
    • Get issue type screen scheme items
    • Get issue type screen schemes for projects
    • Assign issue type screen scheme to project
    • Delete issue type screen scheme
    • Update issue type screen scheme
    • Append mappings to issue type screen scheme
    • Update issue type screen scheme default screen scheme
    • Remove mappings from issue type screen scheme
    • Get issue type screen scheme projects
  • JQL
    • Get field reference data (GET)
    • Get field reference data (POST)
    • Get field auto complete suggestions
    • Parse JQL query
    • Convert user identifiers to account IDs in JQL queries
    • Sanitize JQL queries
  • JQL functions (apps)
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  • Labels
    • Get all labels
  • Permissions
    • Get my permissions
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    • Get bulk permissions
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  • Myself
    • Delete preference
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    • Set locale
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  • Issue notification schemes
    • Get notification schemes paginated
    • Create notification scheme
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    • Get notification scheme
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  • Permission schemes
    • Get all permission schemes
    • Create permission scheme
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  • Plans
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    • Create plan
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  • Issue priorities
    • Get priorities
    • Create priority
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    • Move priorities
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    • Delete priority
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    • Get priority schemes
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    • Get available priorities by priority scheme
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    • Create custom project
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    • Get all project types
    • Get licensed project types
    • Get project type by key
    • Get accessible project type by key
  • Project avatars
    • Set project avatar
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    • Get all project avatars
  • Project classification levels
    • Remove the default data classification level from a project
    • Get the default data classification level of a project
    • Update the default data classification level of a project
  • Project features
    • Get project features
    • Set project feature state
  • Project properties
    • Get project property keys
    • Delete project property
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    • Set project property
  • Project roles
    • Get project roles for project
    • Get project role for project
    • Get project role details
    • Get all project roles
    • Create project role
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    • Delete actors from project role
    • Add actors to project role
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    • Delete default actors from project role
    • Get default actors for project role
    • Add default actors to project role
  • Project versions
    • Get project versions paginated
    • Get project versions
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    • Move version
    • Get version's related issues count
    • Get related work
    • Create related work
    • Update related work
    • Delete and replace version
    • Get version's unresolved issues count
    • Delete related work
  • Project email
    • Get project's sender email
    • Set project's sender email
  • Project permission schemes
    • Get project issue security scheme
    • Get assigned permission scheme
    • Assign permission scheme
    • Get project issue security levels
  • Project categories
    • Get all project categories
    • Create project category
    • Delete project category
    • Get project category by ID
    • Update project category
  • Project key and name validation
    • Validate project key
    • Get valid project key
    • Get valid project name
  • Issue redaction
    • Redact
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  • Issue resolutions
    • Get resolutions
    • Create resolution
    • Set default resolution
    • Move resolutions
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    • Delete resolution
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    • Update resolution
  • Screen tabs
    • Get bulk screen tabs
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    • Create screen tab
    • Delete screen tab
    • Update screen tab
    • Move screen tab
  • Screen tab fields
    • Get all screen tab fields
    • Add screen tab field
    • Remove screen tab field
    • Move screen tab field
  • Screen schemes
    • Get screen schemes
    • Create screen scheme
    • Delete screen scheme
    • Update screen scheme
  • Server info
    • Get Jira instance info
  • Issue navigator settings
    • Get issue navigator default columns
    • Set issue navigator default columns
  • Workflow statuses
    • Get all statuses
    • Get status
  • Workflow status categories
    • Get all status categories
    • Get status category
  • Status
    • Bulk delete Statuses
    • Bulk get statuses
    • Bulk create statuses
    • Bulk update statuses
    • Search statuses paginated
    • Get issue type usages by status and project
    • Get project usages by status
    • Get workflow usages by status
  • Tasks
    • Get task
    • Cancel task
  • UI modifications (apps)
    • Get UI modifications
    • Create UI modification
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  • Users
    • Delete user
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    • Create user
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    • Reset user default columns
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    • Set user default columns
    • Get user email
    • Get user email bulk
    • Get user groups
    • Get all users default
    • Get all users
  • User search
    • Find users assignable to projects
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    • Find users with permissions
    • Find users for picker
    • Find users
    • Find users by query
    • Find user keys by query
    • Find users with browse permission
  • usernavproperties
    • Get user nav property
    • Set user nav property
  • User properties
    • Get user property keys
    • Delete user property
    • Get user property
    • Set user property
  • Webhooks
    • Delete webhooks by ID
    • Get dynamic webhooks for app
    • Register dynamic webhooks
    • Get failed webhooks
    • Extend webhook life
  • Workflows
    • Get all workflows
      GET
    • Create workflow
      POST
    • Get workflows paginated
      GET
    • Delete inactive workflow
      DELETE
    • Get issue types in a project that are using a given workflow
      GET
    • Get projects using a given workflow
      GET
    • Get workflow schemes which are using a given workflow
      GET
    • Bulk get workflows
      POST
    • Get available workflow capabilities
      GET
    • Bulk create workflows
      POST
    • Validate create workflows
      POST
    • Get the user's default workflow editor
      GET
    • Search workflows
      GET
    • Bulk update workflows
      POST
    • Validate update workflows
      POST
  • Workflow transition rules
    • Get workflow transition rule configurations
    • Update workflow transition rule configurations
    • Delete workflow transition rule configurations
  • Workflow transition properties
    • Delete workflow transition property
    • Get workflow transition properties
    • Create workflow transition property
    • Update workflow transition property
  • Workflow schemes
    • Get all workflow schemes
    • Create workflow scheme
    • Bulk get workflow schemes
    • Update workflow scheme
    • Get required status mappings for workflow scheme update
    • Delete workflow scheme
    • Get workflow scheme
    • Classic update workflow scheme
    • Delete default workflow
    • Get default workflow
    • Update default workflow
    • Delete workflow for issue type in workflow scheme
    • Get workflow for issue type in workflow scheme
    • Set workflow for issue type in workflow scheme
    • Delete issue types for workflow in workflow scheme
    • Get issue types for workflows in workflow scheme
    • Set issue types for workflow in workflow scheme
    • Get projects which are using a given workflow scheme
  • Workflow scheme project associations
    • Get workflow scheme project associations
    • Assign workflow scheme to project
  • Workflow scheme drafts
    • Create draft workflow scheme
    • Delete draft workflow scheme
    • Get draft workflow scheme
    • Update draft workflow scheme
    • Delete draft default workflow
    • Get draft default workflow
    • Update draft default workflow
    • Delete workflow for issue type in draft workflow scheme
    • Get workflow for issue type in draft workflow scheme
    • Set workflow for issue type in draft workflow scheme
    • Publish draft workflow scheme
    • Delete issue types for workflow in draft workflow scheme
    • Get issue types for workflows in draft workflow scheme
    • Set issue types for workflow in workflow scheme
  • App properties
    • Get app properties
    • Delete app property
    • Get app property
    • Set app property
    • Delete app property (Forge)
    • Set app property (Forge)
  • Dynamic modules
    • Remove modules
    • Get modules
    • Register modules
  • App migration
    • Bulk update custom field value
    • Bulk update entity properties
    • Get workflow transition rule configurations
  • Service Registry
    • Retrieve the attributes of service registries
  1. Workflows

Delete inactive workflow

DELETE
/rest/api/3/workflow/{entityId}
Deletes a workflow.
The workflow cannot be deleted if it is:
an active workflow.
a system workflow.
associated with any workflow scheme.
associated with any draft workflow scheme.
Permissions required: Administer Jira global permission.
Request Request Example
Shell
JavaScript
Java
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curl --location --request DELETE '/rest/api/3/workflow/'
Response Response Example
400 - Success
{"errorMessages":["Cannot delete an active workflow."],"errors":{}}

Request

Path Params

Responses

🟢204No Content
Returned if the workflow is deleted.
This response does not have a body.
🟠400Bad Request
🟠401Unauthorized
🟠403Forbidden
🟠404Record Not Found
Modified at 2025-07-16 07:18:01
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